Announcements and Press
 December 2008
60 Minutes Report on Online Poker Cheating Scandal
Tonight CBS News and the Washington Post aired their report on
the internet poker scandals. Steve Kroft did a great job of reporting on
the status of the offenders and that both Absolute and Ultimate Bet are still in
business. However, he did not report on what could be done to fix the
problem. He mentioned
The Kahnawakee Gaming Commission and their light hand slapping fine they
applied after their report was released but again failed to mention that there
is a solution to fix the cheating from happening again. We contacted 60
Minutes months ago to tell them about our service,
DealGuardian and how
it would have made these scenarios impossible. Our calls and emails were
not returned. We have also contacted both Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker
to offer our services to help protect their players and to help them regain
their credibility. These calls and emails have also gone unanswered.
We are looking to partner with any card room that takes security and fairness of
play seriously and will do everything that we can to protect the players and the
card rooms from internal fraud. Check out the article about the 60 minutes
show by
clicking here.
November 2008
The Unlawful Internet Gaming Act is real
The law has been in limbo since 2006 so what has changed now? For players, not much. If you use foreign credit cards or use a money transfer system
then chances are you will not be affected at all. Basically the only thing they added to the books is that credit card companies must refuse transactions
from certain merchant codes and those codes must be expanded upon. They also told the credit card companies to mail out letter to their customers telling
them not to use gambling sites with their cards. To add further insult to injury the Democrats have already stated that they will put in a reversal order
in early January soon after Obama takes office. Bottom line, keep on playing!
Secure Card Dealer still hold true to our idea of fully legalized poker for our
country. We would like to be at the forefront of this legalization by
making every poker room in America use the Dealguardian service for protection
from fraud. Check out our service today!
October 2008
Read the Official DealGuardian™ Press Release
Secure Card Dealer, LLC is based in Charlotte, NC, USA. The company has created the patent pending solution, DealGuardian, to help protect
players and to help Poker Rooms with the basic problem of player trust. Poker Rooms can use our service to ensure that cards are shuffled and
dealt by a third party entity that has absolutely NO stake in the rake of the game. We do this without causing any delay in the processing of
the game and give the players a place to verify those questionable hands that come up every now and again. Those hands where the player may
think that the hands are being juiced to increase the house rake. We built our service to use industry standard encryption and every aspect
of our service is aligned to protect both players and card rooms from potential fraud. Card rooms that display the "Protected by
DealGuardian" logo on their tables will have a distinct advantage over rooms that do not use the service. Players will search out the rooms
that are using the service. For more information call toll-free at 1-877-482-3676 or visit our web site at www.securecarddealer.com. September 2008 MSNBC Reports on More Fallout from Absolute Poker Scandal
MSNBC Has reported on a lawsuit being filed against the company who owns Absolute Poker. In the article, Found Here they
point out that the poker world is still widely unregulated and the players are nervous that their money will never be returned. One player said he tried to get his hand history
but was unsuccessful. With DealGuardian, a 3rd party would have that hand history. Remember the fraud was based on an internal hole in the Poker Software. Once again, DealGuardian
would have provided the protection needed to squash the scammers. Contact your poker room's support system today and ask them to get Protected by DealGuardian! August 2008
Ante Up Magazine Interviews our own Nick Maiorana
On August 8th, 2008, Ante Up Magazine out of Florida conducted an inverview with our very own Nick Maiorana.
You can download the Pod Cast, which includes the Interview, through iTunes or go straight to their web site and listen to it online.
The interview starts about 20 minutes into the Pod Cast and goes for about 12 Minutes. In the interview Nick talks about our service in general and also
talks about our concepts of Down Card Concealment (DCC) and Hand Summary Obfuscation (HSO). Thanks again to Ante Up for having us on the show and we hope that
all of their listeners will talk to their poker rooms about implementing our DealGuardian service!
July 2008
California Continues Drive for State Sponsored Online Poker
California is the first state to begin a feasibility study for state run poker. The bill, AB2026, sponsored and written by Lloyd Levine,
looks to explain how the state of California could run poker rooms for their residents. The study will be wrapped up in 2009 but so
far has been met with great interest and intrigue. DealGuardian would be a great fit for this as we would host our servers in the state
of California and serve each of these poker rooms. DealGuardian would give both the state government and the players peace of mind that
they are getting a fair game of cards.
June 2008
Ultimate Bet Poker Issues Statement Regarding Unfair Play
The investigation has concluded that certain player accounts did in fact have an unfair advantage,
and that these accounts targeted the highest limit games on the site.
The individuals responsible were found to have worked for the previous ownership of UltimateBet prior to the sale of the business to
Tokwiro in October 2006. Tokwiro is taking full responsibility for this situation and will immediately begin
refunding UltimateBet customers for any losses that were incurred as a result of unfair play.
The fraudulent activity was enabled by unauthorized software code that allowed the perpetrators to obtain
hole card information during live play. The existence of this vulnerability was unknown to Tokwiro until
February 2008 and existed prior to UltimateBet's acquisition by Tokwiro in October 2006. Our investigation has
confirmed that the code was part of a legacy auditing system that was manipulated by the perpetrators.
Gaming Associates, independent auditors hired by the KGC, have confirmed that the software code that provided the
unfair advantage has been permanently removed.
May 2008
2008 World Series of Poker Kicks Off!
On May 30th, 2008 the first of the 2008 World Series of Poker games were held.
This year's games promise to be just as exciting as ever!
We also expect the marketing of the WSOP to spark a renewed interest for existing customers
and to bring in new customers to online gaming sites like yours!
April 2008
A New Look for SecureCardDealer.com!
Our new web site is alive and kicking! We now have a professional presence on the web and we hope you like our new look.
The new site will help you to navigate and quickly find the information you need to partner with us.
Please let us know if you have any questions or comments regarding our new look.
March 2008
Absolute Poker - Corruption Fallout
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has finished its investigation of last year's fraud on the Absolute Poker site.
In a landmark Decision they were fined $500,000 and ordered to submit to random audits over the next two years.
Absolute Poker must also incorporate methods in their software to prevent future fraud.
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